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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Year: 1973
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Poor Yuki (Meiko Kaji), AKA Lady Snowblood. She doesn’t even get a chance to have anyone wrong her before her entire life becomes devoted to vengeance. You see, her mother’s husband was killed by a group of four hooligans, as part of a scam […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Year: 2000
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Some films are almost more important for the way in which they are made than for what they’re about. Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Seance is an example of such a film.
Junko (Jun Fubuki) is a true medium. She can sometimes channel spirits through her body. She can […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Comedy/ Drama
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Year: 1973
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I have to admit, I’m beginning to acquire a taste for the adventures of Zatoichi. These movies aren’t quite as accessible as the Lone Wolf & Cub series because they aren’t as bold visually, in their sound design, in their graphic depiction of […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Comedy/ Drama
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Year: 1971
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Poor Jimmy Wang (Yu Wang), The One-Armed Swordsman, has come to Japan to escape his enemies in China and live in peace. He’s on his way to a Japanese monastery when he meets a family from China, making a living by giving martial […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Comedy/ Drama
Director: Shintarô Katsu
Year: 1972
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Zatoichi In Desperation, a late entry in the long-running Zatoichi series about a blind masseur and swordsman, is an unusually thoughtful tale, even by the standards of early 70s Japanese samurai flicks.
Zatoichi (Shintarô Katsu) inadvertently contributes to the death of an old woman […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Drama/Action
Director: Shundo Ohkawa/Toshimichi Ohkawa
Year: 1999
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Three Japanese salarymen, Taki (Masaya Kato), Nanbu (Riki Takeuchi), and Konishi (Hideo Nakano), are having drinks in an underground bar. The hothead of the group, Nanbu, casually insults a trio at the next table. After some hostile words and looks on both sides, our heroes […]